Posts Tagged ‘resume writing’
Top 10 Executive Resume Writing Services 2020: Is Hiring One Worth It?
Top 10 Executive Resume Writing Services 2020: Is Hiring One Worth It? As a long-term moderator for LinkedIn’s Premium Career Group, I receive a lot of questions around how to hire executive resume writing services. But the most popular question I receive about executive resume writing services is “Is it worth having your resume developed…
Read More2020 Planning: Write an Interview-Worthy Resume
2020 Planning: Write an Interview-Worthy Resume Do you know how many times a day someone asks me to critique/review/look over their resume? Too many to count. It’s like they feel they need an expert just to quickly point out a couple of tweaks and poof, they magically have an interview-worthy resume. Well, it doesn’t work…
Read MoreThink Like a Hiring Manager When Writing Your Resume
Think Like a Hiring Manager When Writing Your Resume Most job seekers forget about the real reasons why they get hired. A candidate does not get hired to give the candidate a job. I would venture to say that most hires are not made for the overused reason of “providing a solution” to a company…
Read MoreCommon, But Unspoken, Resume Keyword Problems
Common, But Unspoken, Resume Keyword Problems Everyone wants the magic set of keywords. Jim was no different. A successful Director of Marketing who has had a rough 7 months of job searching, despite a 21-year track record of impressive wins at equally impressive companies. “I think I don’t have the right keywords,” he told me.…
Read More5 Ways a Career Changer Can Demonstrate Leadership Skills on Their Resume
5 Ways a Career Changer Can Demonstrate Leadership Skills on Their Resume Money Magazine wrote an article about “The 8 Best Skills for Career Changers“, and the author lists LEADERSHIP as the second best skill for a career changer to have and to showcase on their resume as a transferable skill. Leadership is one of…
Read More3 Ways I Know You May Be Lying On Your Resume
3 Ways I Know You May Be Lying On Your Resume I have spidey-senses that can tell me if someone is lying or fudging the truth on their resume. I mean if it doesn’t make sense, it doesn’t make sense and it’s probably false or fudged. It’s that simple to me. This is by no…
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